Chapter 69 — Not Going to Invite Him Along? (Please Recommend, Please Bookmark, Please Give All Kinds of Support)
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There was no time for further explanation. Zhong Yongliang turned and ran, and when Gao Xiaofu and Zhang Naipao saw that even Zhong Yongliang had bolted, what chance did the two of them stand against Wei Zhao? They spun around and fled after him, legs churning.
Kang Xiaobo had squeezed his eyes shut and craned his neck, steeling himself for martyrdom. But he waited and waited, and nothing happened. Puzzled, he cracked one eye open, and there were the three of them, sprinting off like rabbits, already dwindling to a wisp of dust.
"Huh?" Kang Xiaobo was struck dumb. What on earth was going on? Could it be that his earlier manly shudder and the unleashing of his kingly aura, capped by the line 'One day I will repay you tenfold, a hundredfold!', had frightened Zhong Yongliang and his cronies away?
Surely not. Did that make him the hero of some legendary tale?
While Kang Xiaobo stood there stunned and doubtful, a large hand landed on his shoulder. He jumped, whirled around, and found Wei Zhao standing behind him, smiling. "What are you doing, spacing out here?"
"Ah!" The sudden sight of Wei Zhao startled him, and in that same instant he understood why the three of them had turned tail and run. It had nothing to do with any kingly aura bursting from his own manly frame; it was because Wei Zhao had arrived, and those three vermin had fled at the mere sight of him.
"Let's go, the bus will be gone soon!" Wei Zhao patted Kang Xiaobo on the shoulder, then turned and walked briskly toward the next intersection, where Uncle Qing parked the car every day.
Earlier, when he and Kang Xiaobo had parted ways, Wei Zhao had glanced back from the corner of his eye and seen Kang Xiaobo surrounded by Zhong Yongliang and his lot. Wei Zhao knew perfectly well that Kang Xiaobo was no match for Zhong Yongliang, so he had gone over to pull him out of the jam.
Kang Xiaobo drew a deep breath and opened his mouth to thank him, only to find that Wei Zhao had already gone far off and vanished from sight. Kang Xiaobo clenched his fist. When would he too be able to stand tall like Wei Zhao, a true man holding up the heavens?
Two days after transferring in, and already he had Zhong Yongliang, one of the school's four great villains, eating out of his hand…
Wei Zhao climbed back into Uncle Qing's Bentley. Gu Mengyao frowned; she said nothing about his getting in, but Shen Yushu looked at him with a grin. "Shield Bro, you're really something. Zhong Yongliang and his friends actually turned and ran the moment they saw you?"
Hearing Shen Yushu say that, Wei Zhao knew she must have watched from the car while he went to help Kang Xiaobo. He smiled, neither confirming nor denying.
"Yaoyao, see? I told you Wei Zhao was the right man for the job. With him at your side, Zhong Yongliang will never pester you again!" Shen Yushu tugged at Gu Mengyao's hand.
"He's not much better than Zhong Yongliang!" Gu Mengyao gave a cold humph, though inwardly she was baffled as well. Could this Wei Zhao really be so capable, bringing Zhong Yongliang to heel in just two days? Hmph. He was probably just a little better at fighting, that was all.
Wei Zhao was long used to Gu Mengyao's attitude and did not take it to heart. A rich young miss was bound to be a little hard to please; so long as she did not find him especially unbearable, that was enough. He was here to carry out a mission, after all, one whose reward would keep him fed for the rest of his life.
Back at the villa, one look at the tissue box on the living-room table brought that awkward scene from the morning back to Wei Zhao. He noticed Shen Yushu off to the side, her eyes darting about like a thief's, and inwardly cried foul. Surely the little minx wasn't cooking up another errand for him. Wei Zhao hurried back to his room.